Sea Shepherd through the years

February 26, 2013 |BY LEVI PULKKINEN

Anti-whaling activists at Sea Shepherd have called themselves eco-terrorists and pirates while attracting some of Hollywood's brightest stars. Check them out.

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Japanese activists hold banners denouncing New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society during his trial in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on July 7, 2010. Meanwhile the activist was handed a suspended two-year prison term in Japan for offences relating to clashes with Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters.

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Japanese activists hold banners denouncing New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune of the US-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society during his trial in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on July 7, 2010. Meanwhile the activist was handed a suspended two-year prison term in Japan for offences relating to clashes with Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters.